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Sat 7 Jun 2008

The Benefits of Becoming a Mother

Saturday, Jun 7th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Categories: Death; Children
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Over at Alpha Mummy, columnist Caitlin Moran has posted a thoughtful, wry essay about how raising children has improved her life:

“Have children? Yeah, but what am I going to get out of it?” … I reckon I have got a lot out of my becoming a mother … Indeed, I reckon I’ve got so much out of it, I could make a list … ”

3) Really getting a handle on the fact I’m going to die. I was never really that ambitious before I had children, because I thought I had approximately six million years left to sit around smoking marijuana, watching daytime TV and keeping a scrapbook of Richard Madeley’s best sayings. But now I’ve made a child who’s nearly four feet tall, I am very aware of the passing of time. I am going to die relatively soon. I need to get on with things. I’ve got my hustle on.

- Caitlin Moran @ Times Online: Link.



Mon 2 Jul 2007

Ayiti: The Cost of Life

Monday, Jul 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 am
Categories: Games; Children
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“Can you manage the cost of life?”

Cost of LifeWhat is it like to live in poverty, struggling every day to stay healthy, keep out of debt, and get educated?

Find out now in this challenging role playing game created by the High School students in Global Kids with the game developers at Gamelab, in which you take responsibility for a family of five in rural Haiti.

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Via Things Are Good.



Thu 14 Jun 2007

Heritage of the Great War

Thursday, Jun 14th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Categories: War; Games; Children
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Haunting and beautiful images of The Great War:

Boys at their game of skittle. Reims, 1917.

“Boys at their game of skittle. The one in the middle looks an acolyte. Picture made on the Place d’Erlon in the city of Reims, 1917.” [Link]

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